Recent content by darjeeling

Howdy folks! I'm a touring bassist and I just got a back-up bass in the form of a 5 string Korean Tune Bass Maniac. I love the way it plays, and looks, but the sound I'm finding is very thin and the balance between strings is really poor. The pre-amp I'm finding also is pretty terrible, for...

I probably sound like such a huge idiot! I did not use the original jack with the new pickup and pots. I just went with the included one. Just running it as a volume and tone until I get a bqc or something.but the bass is always "on" but at very very low volume. Only thing that makes a...

I was installing an EMG MMCS musicman pickup into my stingray. I followed the instructions to a T. I cut the existing battery cables and connected them to the battery wires on the bass. The sound is very weak and the pots do absolutely nothing. Is something not grounded or connected right? Do...

Hey talk bass folk! So I recently picked up this 5 string headless bass and and I've been having some issues getting it to standard Tuning. It has a ABM Bridge by the looks of it. It's one of those systum's where you locked the strings in at the head piece with Alan screws and then Put the...

Anyone know anything about this bass? Aria Pro II ABQ65? are they decent basses?

I found this bass for sale and i like the funky look, looks like a 2 MM humbucker layout. seems cool but cant find anything on it. Aria Pro II ABQ 65

So i just picked up a used L200 tribute natural gloss. seems older and im loving LOVING everything about it. except the middle switch when switched on (the bass boost series/parallel control) the bridge pickup goes super super quiet. Loud enough to be heard through the amp. But noticeably...

I should have specified that! Probably 70-100 $

Anyone have any insight into the best jazz style pickups for a decent price? Looking to upgrade my jazz project bass, it has some squier pickups that im not digging. Nothing exactly wrong with them, recently I installed a hipshot kickass bridge, to get a nice clean low action, but i guess i...

I was super interested in picking one these up to scratch my rickenbacker itch. I played a 4003 in a music store and it never left me. I heard they are high maintaince machines though. anyways, anyone have one of these? would you reccomend?

I read these guys have cooling issues and bought one anyway, one week later and bam, the fan broke from the center and now, when turned on powers itself off after a minute. (i only tested this twice to make sure im not messing anything up) I cant find a lot of parts for this amp online anywhere...

looks like a smooth conversion! how often do these pop up? what are the most common? im pretty interested in the humbucker version.

I would totally buy it, if the situation ever granted that! haha

Ive been looking for one for a decent price for a long time.

I bought a used b4R, and i played a few gigs with it, and one day I was playing with my band, and the amp just stopped working after a couple minutes. I noticed the fan wasnt running at all, and the amp was shutting itself off to avoid overheating. I removed the fan from the amp, but i have no...